Table 2.

Dry matter allocation (% of total) in 27-year-old trees (1–2 m height) at the treeline near Davos (Switzerland; n = 20–24 individuals per species)

Biomass	Evergreen	Deciduous
Leaf mass fraction	15–16	7
Stem + branch + rootstock	69–73	79
Root mass fraction	11–12	14

Evergreen species: Pinus uncinata and P. cembra, deciduous species: Larix decidua (from Bernoulli and Körner 1999)